Canada

Advanced Diploma in Product Design and Development

Canada

Centennial College

Toronto, Canada

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About Course


Key information
Duration
: 3 Year
Study Type
: Full Time
Tuition fees
: 14.00 CAD / Per Year
Exam Accepted
: IELTS 6.0/9 | TOEFL 80/120
Exam Intake
: Sep
Program Taught language
: English
Conditional Scholarship
: NA
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  • DIPLOMA IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Program Overview

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    The Product Design and Development program is the only one of its kind in Canada and will provide you with the unique understanding to develop high-tech, ecological and socially responsible products from concept and design to production.

    Combining the strengths of Centennial College's School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design and the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, the innovative Product Design and Development courses will bring together hands-on learning in product and industrial design and product development with product lifecycle management. Through interdisciplinary, collaborative group projects that will require you to apply all stages of the visual design process, you'll develop creative design problem-solving abilities and strategies.

    You'll also acquire a wide range of other skills in this advanced diploma program, including idea generation, drawing, model-making, 3D CAD advanced computer modelling, rapid prototyping, product development (CAE analysis, reverse engineering technology, materials selection, quality testing, product costing and optimization), product lifecycle management and cross-platform multimedia communications. To round out training, you'll gain a strong sense of functional and aesthetic principles of design as well as a solid understanding of the technical and business aspects of product development.

    Centennial's Product Design and Development program meets the growing need for graduates with a strategic vision of interdisciplinary product design and an understanding of all stages of the product lifecycle who are ready to work in a variety of exciting careers related to consumer product development, electronics, furniture, transportation and more.

    Program Highlights

  • During your time in the program, you'll study and work in classrooms and labs that are equipped with the latest tools and industry-standard software.
  • The program will provide a practical, hands-on and entrepreneurial approach that will prepare you for a sustainable career.
  • Opportunities will exist to collaborate with students in other programs at the Story Arts Centre. This will be a unique way to network, learn and work with industry professionals.
  • You'll have the opportunity to work with ACCEL, Centennial’s in-house business incubator, to bring your ideas to market.
  • You'll gain industry experience through STORYWORKS, a course that will provide the opportunity to work with real-world clients of all kinds.
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    To support your learning, this program requires you to have access to a mobile computing device that meets minimum hardware requirements

  • Career Options, Academic Pathways and Partner

    Career Outlook

  • Industrial Designer
  • Furniture Designer
  • Toy Designer
  • Product Designer
  • Design Strategist
  • 3D CAD Modeller
  • Model Maker
  •  

Entry Requirement


  • Applicant must be high school passed.

Application Process


  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
  • English Grade 12C or U or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission 
  • Mathematics Grade 11 M or U, or 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take a Centennial College Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission
  • Additional Requirements

  • English language proficiency
  • You are required to attend a Product Design and Development program admission session where you must present a portfolio of your work.

    Portfolio requirements:

  • Select minimum of six pieces of your original work in art and design.
  • Your work should demonstrate problem-solving, creative process and your interest in product design.
  • Include drawings from observation in traditional and digital media, contour drawing of everyday objects, conceptual drawings of products, notes about your ideas for redesign, 3D models in variety of materials as well as any samples of 3D printing  and/or CAD drawings. Scultures, Woodshop/Metal shop projects, and mechanical models also accepted.
  • An idea sketchbook is considered one piece of portfolio. Examples of any Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator work is a plus!

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